Knockdown table



(No Mdel.)

S; J. LU-GASHEVSKI.

KNOGKDOWN' TABLE. No.52'2,z21. 7 Patented July 3, 1894.

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NITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

STANY J. LUCASHEVSKI, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

Knock Down TABLE.

SIPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,221, dated July 3, 1894;

Application filed November 25, 1893. Serial No. 491,973. (No model.)

To al] whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STANY J. LUOASHEVSKI, of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Tables, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

a The object of my invention is to provide a simply constructed, strong and durable table, which can be easily taken to pieces and reduced to a compact form for transportation from place to place, or for storage, and which 1s very cheap to manufacture; substantially and as illus trated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a side view of my invention, with the top thereof set at a slight angle to its support, so as to illustrate it better. Fig."

2 is a vertical central section through the dev1ces connecting the top to the upright or post supporting it. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the lower portion of the upright or post supporting the top of myimproved table, and the upper part of one of the legs, showing the devices connecting the two'parts together, and Fig. 4 is an underneath View of the plate secured to the underneath of the top of the table, and constituting one of; the elements used in connecting the top to the central upright or post. I

In the drawings A represents the circular, square or other shaped top of my improved table, which may, if desired, have a drawer a secured thereto, about as shown in the drawlngs. This top A is provided underneath, about its center, with a plate 0, which is permanently secured thereto in a suitable manner, and is provided with a diametrically elongated opening 01 which extends an equal distance on either side of the center of the plate.

The top A is detachably secured to the upper end of an upright B by means of a button f, the neck of which projects vertically from the center of a plate e secured concentrically to the top of said upright, and is of a width corresponding to the width of the opening d of plates, with reference to which it is made. The arms of this button extend in diametrically opposite direction from the center of the neck a distance corresponding to about one :half of the length of opening 01, and are re- Iters the opening d, (the top A being recessed to permit the arms of the button to get above plate 0,) and then the top is turned quarter way round so that said button will lock the top to the upright.

In order to prevent the table-top from independently moving after it is once looked to the upright, I provide a snap-spring g to the upper surface of plate 0, substantially as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, so that its free downturned end will extend beyond the edge of plate 0 to within easy reach of the fingers. This spring possessesa downward extending pin it, which passes down through an opening is, and when the table-top is locked to the upright of the table, enters an opening 2', made with reference thereto in plate e, andprevents .the top from accidentally moving. When it is desired to detach the said top from the upright, the spring g is pushed upward into a recess made with reference thereto, so as to lift the pin it out of opening 71, and the top is then moved back one quarter turn until the arms of button f register-with'op'ening d, and

then the top is lifted off.

The upright B is supported by, preferably, three detachable legs 0, O, O. The connecting ends of these legs have secured to them a plate D, which have projecting therefrom two upturned hooksD, D, which are arranged one above the other. The sides of the upright, at points where it is desired to connect these legs thereto, are provided with vertical plates G, which cover a suitable recess or depression E, and are provided with openings F, F,

therein, through which the hooks D can enter. The construction of these hooks D is such that by bearing down on the uprightywhen the hooksD have entered plate D, said hooks get back of and clamp said plate so as to prevent their withdrawal, and so as to lock them to the upright. To take off the legs, all that is necessary is to lift the upright and give a downward blow to the legs, whereupon they can be easily removed.

What I claim as new is=- The'combination with a central upright, a

button extending from its upper end, subsaid upright enters an opening or recess made stantially as described, and legs supporting with reference thereto in the upper end of [0 the sadmepf the top of a tab1e,a plate secured said upright, as set forth. to an coverin arecessed central ortion of v 5 the under side of the same having; an elon- STANY LUGASHEVSKI' gated opening arranged with reference to said Witnesses: button, and a spring having it downward ex- B. FRANKLIN SNYDER, tending pin, which when said top is locked to C. P. DORPOLS. 

